Balance groups

A balance group can conduct energy transactions with other balance group managers at home and abroad, accept energy from power plants or transfer energy to end consumers via this energy account.

Balance groups

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Last changed documents

  • 22 March 2019
    Tariffs and remuneration rates for the transmission grid (2010 – 2020)
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  • 22 March 2019
    Factsheet Grid Usage
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  • 19 March 2019
    Prices for balance energy February 2019
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  • 19 March 2019
    Prices for balance energy February 2019
    XML
  • 6 March 2019 | V 1.2
    Guideline for setting up a balance group
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News and media releases

  • | Media release

    Transmission grid: costs for consumers will remain the same in 2020

    A household with an annual consumption of 4,500 kWh will pay an average of CHF 44 for Swissgrid services in 2020. This amounts to around five per cent of its annual electricity costs. Thus, next year, the financial burden end consumers will bear for the transmission grid will remain at the current level.
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  • | Media release

    Revision of the Federal Electricity Supply Act: Swissgrid welcomes the political debate on security of supply

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  • | News

    Causes of frequency drop of 10 January still under investigation

    A drop in frequency on the synchronously interconnected Continental Europe system was registered on 10 January 2019 at around 21.00. The causes of this drop are still under investigation by the transmission system operators (TSOs) of ENT-SO-E Regional Group Continental Europe.
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